Register.



H. MGGORMIGK.

REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.15, 1906.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

A WM @f v5 5 4 i HORACE MCCORMICK, OF DES MOINES., IWA.

' eeasie.

REGISTER.

Specication of Letters Patent.` Application filed December l5,` 1906. Serial No. 347,914.

Patenten Aug. inicie To all whom it may concern: l

" Be it 4known thatl. Hormon MoConMioK,

fjof Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa, `have in' .wvented 'certain' new `and useful Improve- "5. ments ,in liegisters of which the following fuis a specification..

The object-ot' my invention is to provide,

.register adapted particularly for keeping L 1...-1aurecord of. the, transactions in a short ac-` Jcount sales system wherein avse'ries of Files ...are employedin connection with a cabinet those-containing the accounts' of the iner- Qhantwiththe wholesaler.

havinglmeanski'or'l feeding' the record rib- .bonso that a certain alnountgofi'paper will be ,fed with each movementfregardless of A i' Ythe variation in the size of.r the rollers on which the paper' is wound. 1 f i The invention consistsv generally in vari ons, Yconstructions and combinations all 'as hereinafter described` and v,particularly pointed outy in the claim. u

In the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specicaton, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a register and cabinet embodya ing my invention. Fig. 2 is a .plan view of a portion of the base of the cabinet, the top being broken away'at one side to illustrate the mechanism therein. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of a portion of the base of the cabinet. Fig. 4 is a sectional view illustrating the mechanism )for operating the paper roll. Fig. 5 is a detail of the frictional bearings for the paper roll 'taken on the line www of Fig. 4, showing the pref vferred manner of mounting itin the ease.

In the draw1ng,.2 represents a suitable base-having a hinged cover 3 and supportinga case or cabinet 4 wherein the files con-` taining the duplicate sales slips are placed. The top 3 is provided with a frame l surrounding an opening 6 thereinover which a glass plate 7 is placed. Thisk opening has at one side under the plate suitable lettering to indicate the different notations made on the paper beneath, and at one end Vmarks will be madeon the papervindicating the number of the salesman and `any other data file or the eustomersv account in the ledger. A narrow Aopening 8 is provided between the ed e of the glass 7 and the frame 5 and throng 4this opening access may be' had to the paper strip 9 beneath for the purpose of to contain the duplicate saleslips and alsoy A' further Objectis to provide'a register'v which may .be of assistancein locating the.

making notations thereon. neneatn' web@ opening .a curved plate 1 0 forming a smooth hard surface over which the paper slides. .f

-11 represents a rol'lof paper mounted in the base at one sideand below the opening therein. l2 is a'roller provided on the other vside of the vopening to. which the paper is transferred from the roll 11. A roller 13 having flanges 14- is provided nearthe roller 12, the `flanges4 contacting `with similar flanges on the roller 12- for the purpose of revolving the y.same and winding the paper thereon. A depending frame 15 is provided on the cover at each end of the rollers. The roll 11 has a hole 16 to receive the fixedr and movable bearing 17 and 18 the latter being slid- Lable.' in a casing19 and normally held in yieldingengagement with, the 'roller by a yspring 2 0.' A pin 21 is atta'chedto the bearing'stud 18 and extends through the casing by meansl of whichwthe stud'fcan be drawn out to permit v and .its flanges are held in engagement with the ends `of the roller 13 by flat springs 23 which bear on the said pins. y The' roller 18 has iixed bearings in the said :trame and is provided with a ratchet wheel 24. Adog 2," .having a spring 26, 4prevents backward -a new roll of paper to be placed thereon. The roller 12 haspins 22 driven into its ends vided with 'a dog 33 tdengage the teeth of the ratchet '24. The other arm of the bell crank is pivotally connected with `the shank of apush button 34 thatis vertically movable in a casing 35 in the top of the register case. When this push button is pressed down the bell crank 31 will be oscillated and the roller .13 revolved and its frictiona'l engagement with the paper between it and the roller 2'? will have the effect lof 'feedingthe paper av uniform distance each time the push button isl pressed so that regardlss'of the size of the roll of paper on either of the'rolls 11 and 12 there will be a uniformv feed with every operation. 'The spaces therefore on lthe paper can be`made of uniform width and the appearance of the record slip greatly. improved and .the entries thereon more eon veniently made. The paper receiving roller 12 will be driven 'by frictional contact with the roller 13' but this contact permits. the

' erator, an

for the purpose "position when, the pressure on the button 34C is released.

roller 12 to slip Wheneverthe tension on the paper requires it and accommodate itself to the movement of the roller 13. The latter roller has apositive movement and the paper gripped between it and the roller 27 will always be moved the same distance regardless of the amountof paper on the receiving roller 12,4 A tension spring 36 is con-A nected to the' lower arm of the bell crank 31, ofreturning it to its normal To operate the device the"clerk will press on the, button, feed the paper forward, make the necessary entry, thereon opposite kthe name `of the clerk making the sale and the details of the entries on'the register Will serve as a -recapitulation sheet for the slips in the; files and also as a check therefor.

i It is desirable in a device of this' kind to providea cashdrawer which I have indi cated in the base and designated byy reference numeral 37. A lever 88 is pivoted in the base and projects outside the same where it can be ressed` by -the finger of ythe opwitliina notch 39 by a spring 40. A llock- .ingvdevice 41 is mounted on arod 42above the lever 38 and is normally held in its Worin ing position is operated by an arm 4:4: secured to the bell its inner end is normally7 held/` ianged ends on the other side of` said openreeeiving roller in frictionalv engagement eratin roller, a paper refuge' 4to bear on said operating roller-bepaper feedingv strip of paper is fed a uniform distance `with each movement of said operatingroller,{re .y gardless of theamount wound l'upon said ,pa er receiving roller. 7

f 'December 1906. HORACE MCCORMICK.

y Witnesses JOHN Buurman, Gao. W. JONES.,

delivering roller,

ing, an operatingvroller having flanged ends,' means` for holding the flanges of said paper n witness whereof, I have hereunto ,f myhandthi s ,8th day depressed and the cash` opening, a paper receiving roller vhavii'igfA with-the corresponding flanges of 'said opfeeding 'roller arf 50" tween the iianges thereof and between which' t t and operatingl rollers the l 

